 New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday permitted the export of 2,698 kilo litres of endosulfan formulation, used for manufacturing the pesticide, lying with different companies.
An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar said: "We hereby permit the 34 units of manufacturers and formulators (of endosulfan)...to export the existing stock of 2698.05 kl of endosulfan formulation..."
The exports would be subject to conditions specified in its Sep 30 order, the court said.
An expert committee in its report Aug 24 told the court that 12,698.05 kl of endosulfan formulation was lying in stock with different companies.
While permitting the export, the order said that the exports would be channelised through public sector undertaking Hindustan Insecticides Ltd. (HIL) and two private companies Excel Crop Care and Coromandel International.
In its four directions, the court said that "within the week from today, Hindustan Insecticides, Excel Crop Care and Coromandel Int'l shall hold a meeting and decide the existing quantity of endosulfan formulation which each of the three companies could dilute, repackage and export."
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